WEBVTT AS TED MENTIONED EARLIER, STOWE IS A MIX OF AFFLUENT SKIERS AND WORKING LOCALS WITH MORE OF THE AFFLUENT MOVING IN EVERY YEAR. THE TOWN IS UNDERGOING CHANGE, FOR SURE, AS ARE ITS SKIES. DAYBREAK ON OUR LAST MORNING IN STOWE. BY THE TIME WE HEADED OUT, THE SUN WAS FADING AND SO IT SEEMED WAS AWESOME RIGHT BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. AS IF WINTER WAS SAYING DID YOU MISS ME? SWEEPING DOWN THROUGH SMUGGLER'S NOTCH, FLINGING SOME EARLY SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN, A REMINDER THAT THE SEASONS WERE ONCE AGAIN IN TRANSITION HERE. IN A LARGER SENSE, STOWE ITSELF REMAINS IN A SORT OF TRANSITION, TOO, A FAMOUS TOWN, A FABLED MOUNTAIN, AND A SHARED IDENTITY THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. IT'S AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE, AND SO IS VERMONT. AND THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE, IT HAS CHANGED AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. DUKE IS ISN'T UNFAMILIAR WITH CHANGE, HE LEFT A NEWSPAPER JOB IN SOUTH AMERICA TO MOVE HIS FAMILY TO STOWE IN 1998. TODAY HE'S OWNER AND PUBLISHER OF THE STOWE REPORTER, AS WELL AS A GROUP OF REGIONAL COMPANION PUBLICATIONS. WE'RE THE LOCAL PAPER. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE YOUR FRIEND IN THE AISLES OF THE SUPERMARKET, YOU GOTTA READ THE STOWE REPORTER, SO WE'RE THE GRIST FOR THE MILL IN THESE COMMUNITIES. IT MAY NOT BE THE STUFF OF HEADLINES, BUT THERE'S NO DENYING THE DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS THAT FOR YEARS NOW HAVE BEEN STEADILY RESKETCHING THIS COMMUNITY'S PROFILE. STOWE IS ATTRACTING NEW RESIDENTS, AND MOBILITY, THE ABILITY TO COME, TO MOVE HERE, MOVE YOUR LIFE HERE, IF YOU'RE ALONE OR IF YOU'RE MARRIED OR HAVE CHILDREN, THAT TAKES MONEY. SO BY DEFINITION, STOWE IS BECOMING MORE AFFLUENT. BUT NOT EVERYONE'S NEW HERE OR AFFLUENT THE WORKING LANDSCAPE INCLUDES FAMILIES GOING BACK 15 AND 20 GENERATIONS. THEY ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF STOWE. SO THERE'S A BALANCE THERE BETWEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGE THAT IS COMING, THE CHANGE THAT THE MOUNTAIN HAS BROUGHT AND THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE TOWN, AND THE BALANCE AGAINST LONG-TIME FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE AND BUILT THIS TOWN AND MADE IT WHAT IT REALLY IS. OF COURSE, MOTHER NATURE DID SOME SPECTACULAR BUILDING OF HER OWN IN STOWE. A FACT OF LIFE THAT ALL RESIDENTS HERE RIGHTFULLY REVEL IN, AND WHICH REMAINS THE BASIS OF THE TOWN'S MOST COMMON GOAL. PRESERVING THE WAY STOWE IS IN TERMS OF PRESERVING OPEN SPACE, AND WANTING TO PRESERVE THE REAL WORKING LANDSCAPE OF VERMONT. BEAUTIFUL. AND CROSS YOUR FINGERS, WEATHER PERMITTING, THE SKI RESORT IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON NOVEMBER 23, WHICH IS A SATURDAY. AND PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SEEN A LITTLE SNOW. IT'S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR SKIING ALREADY. THAT IS "CHRONICLE" FOR TONIGHT. I'M J.C. MONAHAN. I'M ANTHONY EVERETT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. A GREAT WEEKEND. AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT. "CHRONICLE" MONDAY. IT'S MYSTERY MAIN STREETS TIME AGAIN, WHERE YOU TELL US WHERE WE ARE. VISIT A REMOTE TOWN, LITERALLY JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM BOSTON. ARE WE GOOGLING ALREADY? PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGE.